The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-29

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"ToU r NOT GOING TO SHOOT HAT POO
~sQUIRRELw
but to Helen his face was so comical that
she burst out laughing. He looked at her
a moment, sadly shook his head and re-
marked:
"Ef you don't breve it, I ken prove it,"
ooh, I have no doubt but it is true"
Is that a gold ring, you got on yore
finger?" he suddenly asked.
Eyes"
"Whar you git it."
"My father gave it to me-"
"Whut'n you take fur it2"
"You must be foolish to think that I
would sell It,"
Glow long you goin' to stay heres"
IL don't know"
"Never seed my farm, did you?"
"No.
emo"
how. All the women folks round here
IA " u4OH ~ IL
"Idon't care to learn"
"Smell them squirrels"
II don't know"
"Bet you do"
After supper Helen told Joliky that he
must excuse her, that she had to write
several letters.
II ken wait till you git through" he re-
piled.
Not in this house, said aunt Patsy.
Ri you think we amt got nothin' to do but
to set here In perlarver with you, wy
| you're nightly mistaken"
"Wall, / reckon I better mosey, then"
81 reckon you had"
''Bleeged to you for yore p%erliteness.
Good night all HAMS" .s~ *
CHAPTER II.
The next afternoon, while Helen was
busy with one of her classes, her attention
was attracted by shutting foot steps; and,
looking around she saw that Long Joliky
had entered the room and was approaching
her.
You must excuse me, Mr.. Mills" she
said. II am very busy"
"Don't put yo'se'f to no trouble on nv
ACCOUNT" he replied. "While Twas pokin'
round jest now, the idea hit me that I
would like to have a leetle bit o. education
myself, an I lowed that mebby you
mout'nt kere eff I come over an got it
sorter dodge about like a chicken an pick
it up whar the rest air a feedin'. Boy, ham
me that blue book with the dogs in it." he
added as he seated himself On q bench.
"Jest go ahead with yore log rollin' an
don't pay no 'tention to me. Here's q l.,
an I'd bet my hat on it. Picked it out the
fust off start. Nowhop on an femme find o
K. Here he is q kickin' up like he want
Altered O. high water nur the government.
"You must stop talking, Mr.. Mills; you
interrupt the children" q
''Oh, I won't hurt 'em. I'm q mighty
hand among children. Here's q J..
Wha's this slippin' of here? It's q ole q,
that's who it is; thought he was mighty
sharp, but I caught up with him"
II tell you that you must stop talking"
Helen exclaimed"
"'Skuze me. I was so hope up by fndin,
these here things that I didn't know / was
talkin'. '~'
He sat for several hours without saying
any thing. Occasionally he would mutter
something, upon finding a letter that had
been skillful in eluding his search, but he
did not speak out, although a boy from over
the creek stuck him with a pin. When
Helen announced that work for the day was
finished, Joliky got up, stretched himself,
and said:
Flowed if you didn't kere I'd go over to
Aunt Patsy's with YOU" 4
"But / do care,' Helen replied.
'sDon't want me to go2''
"No. / don't.n
tssWhyan
s'Simply because Idon't want you tagging
after me all the time.n
"'Shamed o. me, I reckon
"Well, / am not proud Of you.H
ssNever will be, Ireckon."
81 suppose mott @
mo harm done, is there?, -s
81 hope not, " the teacher replied.
Wouldn't shake hands with me, !
reckonW s.
"No,I don't care to shake hands with
YOUR
He went away and Helen had begun to
think she had seen the last Of him when,
one afternoon, he again visited the school
room. He seemed to have gotten himself
up with especial care, for he wore q pair Of
new yellow top boots, q new pair Of jeans
trousers and q new straw hat, to say moth
ing Of ashirt with enormous rnfaes.
'sDon't want to bother yon,' q he said. s.I'll
Jest Get down here an edycate myself
aWhilo.D
When school was out he went up to Helen
and said:
tive got business d at Aunt Patsy's
this evenin' an as I lowed you was goin'
out that er way, thought I'd drop IN an 90
long,
Helen being too much, amused 10 raise
any objections, suffered him to accompany
her. s##
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